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Oversight, overtopped and over here

Oversight, overtopped and over here

An Irishman’s Diary about linguistic confusion

Thu Oct 31 2013 - 16:00
Special category prisoner

Special category prisoner

An Irishman’s Diary about cats and Halloween

Thu Oct 31 2013 - 15:55
Press complaint, bold type

Press complaint, bold type

An Irishman’s Diary about the evolution of words

Sat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
Avail of tears

Avail of tears

An Irishman’s Diary about Hiberno-English

Fri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
The field of dreams

The field of dreams

An Irishman’s Diary about psychic race predictions

Thu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00
The war of the words

The war of the words

An Irishman’s Diary about American and Irish English

Wed Oct 16 2013 - 01:00
Brecht disconnect

Brecht disconnect

An Irishman’s Diary about the late Phil Chevron

Sat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
The wind that shook the Farney

The wind that shook the Farney

An Irishman’s Diary about sport and the Civil War

Fri Oct 11 2013 - 01:00
If you go down to the woods this weekend

If you go down to the woods this weekend

An Irishman’s Diary about mushrooms

Thu Oct 10 2013 - 01:00
Cross-addressing

Cross-addressing

An Irishman’s Diary on the multiple identities of Flann O’Brien

Wed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
Casting for a castaway

Casting for a castaway

An Irishman’s Diary about a very unusual job vacancy

Sat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Digging up the past

Digging up the past

An Irishman’s Diary about ancient rock art

Fri Sept 27 2013 - 01:00
The poet and the problem-solver

The poet and the problem-solver

An Irishman’s Diary about an engineering genius

Thu Sept 26 2013 - 01:00
My speech from the dock

My speech from the dock

An Irishman’s Diary about Robert Emmet and public speaking

Wed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
Sam makes them dance at the crossroads, Dublin-style

Sam makes them dance at the crossroads, Dublin-style

A cheering crowd of 30,000 turned out to celebrate Stephen’s Day

Tue Sept 24 2013 - 06:45
Praise the lord and pass the egalitarianism

Praise the lord and pass the egalitarianism

An Irishman’s Diary about naming rights (and wrongs)

Sat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00
Parking between the lines

Parking between the lines

An Irishman’s Diary about Hiberno-English, Cavan-style

Fri Sept 20 2013 - 16:44
Exit, pursued by a fish

Exit, pursued by a fish

An Irishman’s Diary about the little-known Lough Erne Monster

Thu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Borderline Nationality Disorder

Borderline Nationality Disorder

An Irishman’s Diary about the Drummully Polyp

Wed Sept 18 2013 - 01:00
The Dream Team from Sneem

The Dream Team from Sneem

An Irishman’s Diary about a famous sporting family

Sat Sept 14 2013 - 08:50
Mayo Gott Helfe Uns!

Mayo Gott Helfe Uns!

An Irishman’s Diary about how an ancient Irish prayer went global

Thu Sept 12 2013 - 17:49
The first shall be last

The first shall be last

An Irishman’s Diary about egalitarianism and air travel

Thu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Viking biking

Viking biking

An Irishman’s Diary: Swedish football fans create a diversion

Wed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Orchestral manoeuvres

Orchestral manoeuvres

An Irishman’s Diary on the perils of military music

Sat Sept 07 2013 - 01:00
From Moate to Mexico

From Moate to Mexico

An Irishman’s Diary on the extraordinary life and surreal art of Leonora Carrington

Thu Sept 05 2013 - 18:07
Doohamlet without the Prince

Doohamlet without the Prince

An Irishman’s Diary about the strange relationship between Monaghan and the Blues

Thu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
High drama on O’Connell Street in Dublin Lockout commemoration

High drama on O’Connell Street in Dublin Lockout commemoration

There have been changes since 1913, but some are still more equal than others . . .

Sun Sept 01 2013 - 22:43

The poet and the pauper

An Irishman’s Diary about my debt to Seamus Heaney

Fri Aug 30 2013 - 18:05
And the No-bell prize goes to . . .

And the No-bell prize goes to . . .

An Irishman’s Diary about a clash of literary heavyweights

Fri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
The last Wezz of summer

The last Wezz of summer

An Irishman’s Diary about one of the lesser-known rituals of autumn

Thu Aug 29 2013 - 01:00

When all beside a vigil keep . . .

An Irishman’s Diary about GAA fans and flashbacks

Wed Aug 28 2013 - 01:01

The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien, edited by Neil Murphy and Keith Hopper

Reviewed by Frank McNally

Sat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00

Remembering the faithful departed (while they’re still with us)

An Irishman’s Diary about the forgotten Irish in Britain

Sat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Blood on the tracks

Blood on the tracks

An Irishman’s Diary about train journeys in India

Fri Aug 23 2013 - 01:00
Magnificent men, modest memorials

Magnificent men, modest memorials

An Irishman’s Diary about Clifden, Marconi, and Alcock & Brown

Thu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Great Western Greenway: the long and winding road without a car in sight

Great Western Greenway: the long and winding road without a car in sight

Our Going Coastal series continues with a cycle along the Co Mayo route from Westport to Achill island, stopping off for a little sailing

Wed Aug 21 2013 - 01:00
Lost in translation

Lost in translation

An Irishman’s Diary: A wren in the wrong place

Wed Aug 21 2013 - 01:00
To the power of M

To the power of M

An Irishman’s Diary on the strange appeal of the alphabet’s 13th letter

Thu Aug 15 2013 - 17:00
A no-whin situation

A no-whin situation

An Irishman’s Diary on the plant also known as furze

Thu Aug 15 2013 - 01:00
Muff and tumble

Muff and tumble

An Irishman’s Diary about one of Ireland’s oldest fairs

Wed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
No doubting Thomas Street

No doubting Thomas Street

Irishman’s Diary on the comeback of a Dublin thoroughfare steeped – and steepled – in history

Sat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
A hitchhiker’s guide to humanity

A hitchhiker’s guide to humanity

An Irishman’s Diary in which Frank McNally recalls lifts given and received

Fri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Of cabbages and king-killers

Of cabbages and king-killers

An Irishman’s Diary on one of Cromwell’s lesser-known legacies

Thu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
From pillar to post colonialism

From pillar to post colonialism

An Irishman’s Diary about the Irish tradition of iconoclasm

Wed Aug 07 2013 - 01:01
The law is a little black ass

The law is a little black ass

An Irishman’s Diary about Pádraic Ó Conaire and Galway City Museum

Sat Aug 03 2013 - 01:01
A festival fit for a Prince?

A festival fit for a Prince?

An Irishman’s Diary about the Galway Races, then and now

Fri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Grace-ful lady best dressed on Winters’ day

Grace-ful lady best dressed on Winters’ day

You would need to have been a martyr to fashion to brave the rain in a frock

Fri Aug 02 2013 - 01:00
Time, gentlemen

Time, gentlemen

An Irishman’s Diary about how a famous public house went semi-private

Thu Aug 01 2013 - 01:01
Michael D’s sunny presence banishes rain from Ballybrit

Michael D’s sunny presence banishes rain from Ballybrit

Diminutive President warmly welcomed as he strolls around race meet prior to presenting Galway Plate to fellow Limerick native

Thu Aug 01 2013 - 01:00
Take it to the Bridge

Take it to the Bridge

An Irishman’s Diary: One of Mayo’s stranger musical attractions

Wed Jul 31 2013 - 01:00
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